Emei Shan is one of the 4 most sacred Buddhist Mountains in China. The undulating peaks, covered with lush forests and green bamboo occupy an area of more than 300 sq km in the southwest of Sichuan province.
Emei Shan is the general name for 3 mountains, Da’e (Great E), Er’e (Second E) and San’e (Third E). The mountains are majestic, quiet and serene and acclaimed in China as “a Beauty under Heaven”.
Visitors are drawn to Emei Shan either as a place of pilgrimage or simply to scale the magnificent heights. Most of the monasteries and temples at Emei Shan were built during the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220AD), while others were added later. As a well-known Buddhist sanctuary of Samantabhadra, Emei Shan once had more than 100 monasteries.
The main temples and scenic areas are: Baoguo Monastery, Wannian Monastery, Fuhu (Ambushing Tiger) Monastery, Leiyin (Thunder Sound) Monastery, and Chunyang Hall, Qingyin (Pure Tone) Tower, and Heilongjiang plank road, Hongchun Ping, Xianfeng (Fairy Peak) Monastery, Xixiang (Wash Elephant) Pool, Golden Summit, Huayan Top, and White Dragon Cave.
Visitors often choose to spend a couple of days in this area.
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